Exotic MGN W12 F1 Engine

[Enginetuner]

The very unconventional F1 engine MGN W12 with rotary valve.


MGN W12-Motor Seite 1

http://www.autodiva.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=440
MGN W12-Motor Seite 2
http://www.autodiva.fr/forum/viewtop...t=440&start=40
MGN W12-Motor Seite 3
http://www.autodiva.fr/forum/viewtop...t=440&start=80

Edit

I have found a Video and a Docu

Video
http://shareplace.com/?8156041C3


pdf-document
http://shareplace.com/?B5BD978010

[D.L]

Cool, that W16 looks awesome.
Some tech school teacher built a W9 with 3 banks of 3 cylinders at 0-60-120 bank angles.
It was a beautiful design.

[Enginetuner]

Other Links

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PDF

[dynosor]

Originally Posted by Enginetuner Other Links Movie PDF

Nifty! Pity they didn't show the crankshaft.

[elmerfud]

A guy called Thomas Johansen built a superb W9.
There is a PDF describing it in detail, (a summary of his thesis).
The whole package is so neat! 3 big ends per journal, 4 main bearings.
Short, light, it's awsome.
The Motors Negre was a cool idea, but i think the rotary valve maybe let it down a bit.
I tend to believe rotary valves and rotary throttles create heaps of turbulence on the intake killing power.

[dynosor]

Originally Posted by elmerfud A guy called Thomas Johansen built a superb W9. There is a PDF describing it in detail, (a summary of his thesis).

Here is the PDF: http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1617/2006/...X-06099-SE.pdf

[vishnu]

i would love to make a engine like that. But i am poor designer.

[elmerfud]

Hey dynosor, good research!

[elmerfud]

Life F1, the motor did not have a very good run and was dropped for a DFR or a Hart, I think. Looks a lot like the MGN w12 except for the rotary valve, little information is available.

[elmerfud]

All alone in a hijacked thread nobody reads, I found a small snip of information with reference to an X11?!? X11? Does anybody know anything about this X11?
I think it was an Auto Union project that Porsche may have worked on.